Buffy, Faith and others in “The Zeppo”

Xander, one of these days, you're gonna get yourself hurt.

Or killed.

Or both. And you know, with the pain and then the death, maybe you shouldn't be leaping into the fray like that. Maybe you should be fray-adjacent.

Excuse me? Who, at a crucial moment, distracted the lead demon by allowing her to pummel him about the head?

Yeah. That was real manly, how you shrieked and all.

I think you'll find that was more of a bellow.